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Faraine: “I guess they are still angry with me.”
Korlaine: “He is actually quite busy, being a king an all.”
Korlaine: “And doctor Mum, you know court physician and Queen.”
Korlaine: “They basically run the kingdom.”
Faraine: “At least you are here my treacherous brother, after selling me out.”
Korlaine: “Totally worth it, you should have seen our cousin’s faces.”
Korlaine: “The rest of your clique seemed fine though.”
Faraine: “Well they are always absent when action hits the roof.”
Faraine: “I guess I should apologise when I get back.”
Korlaine: “I am sure our parents would like one as well.”
Faraine: “I know they deserve one, it is just, so hard.”
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Korlaine: “You always need help on your birthday.”
Faraine: “I do not, last year was fine.”
Korlaine: “And the time with the wolves?”
Faraine: “That was when I was ten, and you were still in diapers.”
Korlaine: “My point is, if it keeps you alive, I would do it again.”
Faraine: “Alright, you are not a terrible brother.”
Faraine: gives her brother a hug.
Kyaren: “Aww that is cute.”
Korlaine: points to the inside of the carriage.
Korlaine: “You three! Look after my sister.”
Tyto: “As the prince commands, so it shall be!”
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Tyto: “Faraine.”
Faraine: “Hmm?”
Tyto: “I know we have been over the arbitration rules...”
Tyto: “We aren’t talking about the other thing?”
Faraine: “My Father and the spymaster were quite adamant.”
Faraine: “No talk of why I dragged us all to the caves.”
Kyaren: “So we are going to not bring it up then?”
Faraine: “Officially no, this is just about the constructs.”
Greyside: “How are going to explain why we were in Pylock depths then?”
Faraine: “A rebellious youth determined to spite her parents?”
Tyto: “Anddd, we can fool the government of Arjen into believing that?”
Faraine: “I mean… it is not untruee…”
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Kyaren: “Oh Faraine. What ever will we do with you.”
Faraine: “Besides, If the opportunity were to arise.”
Faraine: “To find out more about that culprit….”
Greyside: “You know, I didn’t use to get so many headaches…”
Faraine: “No harm in keeping an eye out.”
Tyto: “You seem a little more restrained this time, Faraine.”
Faraine: “I thought I was on the verge of a big clue.”
Faraine: “Yet the annoying thing about digging up old secrets is...”
Faraine: “You also get other secrets as well.”
Faraine: “It can make for problematic timings.”
Kyaren: “Surely the journal helped.”
Faraine: “Yes, a shame about that.”
Tyto: “Your parents would not let you read it, right.”
Faraine: lets out a long sigh.
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Faraine: “No one can read it. My grandmother wrote it in some strange language.”
Greyside: “She encrypted her own personal journal!”
Greyside: “I’m impressed.”
Faraine: “Wenaltes said the same thing, hopefully he can crack it.”
Tyto: “Alright, got it no mentioning the other stuff.”
Faraine: “Yes aside from that caveat, just tell the honest truth.”
Tyto: “Wait truth!?” He points to Greyside.
Tyto: “Isn’t bandit boy here, going to hurt us in that area?”
Greyside: “I am heavily invested in telling the truth here.”
Kyaren: “Really?”
Faraine: “His freedom depends on it.”
Kyaren: “Ahhh.”
Tyto: “HAHAH! Your head is still on the chopping block.”
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Sir Quillan: “Princess, as the one in charge of your escort…”
Sir Quillan: “I must continue to voice my objection.”
Faraine: “It would be a boring trip to have a carriage to myself, Sir Quillan.”
Sir Quillan: “At least put that knave in another carriage.”
Faraine: “We also have to coordinate our testimony.”
Sir Quillan: “…As you wish princess.”
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Faraine: “My favourite was cat-rabbit.”
Kyaren: “Of course pick the main character.”
Faraine: “Cat-rabbit, is not always the main character.”
Tyto: “Most of the stories are kicked off by Cat-rabbit though.”
Faraine: “What was the salamander called again?”
Kyaren: “Dela! The best one.”
Tyto: “Dela always did the same thing though.”
Kyaren: “Better than your ‘favourite’, boring old orvus.”
Tyto: “Orivus was great, swoops in and monologues.”
Faraine: “Orivus spoke weird phrases and slept on his perch.”
Kyaren: “Like on an actual owl.”
Faraine: “Greyside which one was your favourite?”
Greyside: “Didn’t have one.”
Faraine: “Wait, really?”
Tyto: “He just wants to sound too mature for it.”
Kyaren: “How can you not have a favourite? Every kid read Perch grove pals!”
Greyside: “Guess I didn’t have much of a childhood.”
Tyto: “See, MR tooooo adult for ‘kids’ stuff.”
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Tyto: “Wooo, great view of the azure brine.”
Tyto: “I can smell over the salt.”
Tyto: “Shame about the trees though.”
Kyaren: “Arjen engineers save all the Azralens they can for their constructs.”
Tyto: “So they need the wood for their forges.”
Tyto: “Arjen is going to smell of soot isn’t it?”
Kyaren: “I hope not, I am getting tired of bad smells.”
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Faraine: “We are definitely in Arjen’s territory now.”
Tyto: “They certainly are bigger than the ones we saw.”
Kyaren: “What is with Arjen and leaving their machines around to rust.”
Greyside: “Apparently their engineer lords are fickle.”
Tyto: “I still don’t get it.”
Kyaren: “Tyto, they just don’t have a monarchy system.”
Tyto: “Won’t that just lead to infighting?”
Tyto: “Having dozens of guys each with their own interests.”
Tyto: “How do they get anything done?”
Greyside: “Money, most of the lord’s each have their own firm.”
Greyside: “They run each firm like a business, they cooperate for the riches.”
Kyaren: “They sound like most nobles.”
Tyto: “Well I’m sure they are really popular with us unbound folks then.”
Faraine: “By skill one can promote to a higher position.”
Faraine: “Eventually reaching engineer lord.”
Faraine: “They claim a society of merit.”
Faraine: “Not that I am in the position to judge.”
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